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Resolution by the Orange County Board of Commissioners
To Support Funding for Freedom House
Whereas, Freedom House is a nonprofit organization that provides residential
care to promote recovery from the disease of addiction; and
Whereas, since 1971, Freedom House's mission has been to help those
afflicted with alcoholism or drug addiction by providing the tools
necessary to lead a life of recovery and to become productive
members of society; and
Whereas, alcohol and drug abuse have a direct correlation to indigence,
unemployment, family disease, adolescent pregnancy, school
dropout rates, crime, chronic illness, and death; and
Whereas, Freedom House offers detoxification programs, a short-term acute
stabilization program, a women's long-term residential program,
and a men's long-term residential program in conjunction with its
LifeSkills Education Program, which looks at the full range of needs
and multiple life issues clients bring with them as they enter
treatment, addressing recovery, educational, vocational, and
interpersonal skills; and
Whereas, Freedom House serves clients from Orange, Person, Chatham, as
well as from outside the immediate area; and
Whereas, during the past year, Freedom House served over 630 people; and
Whereas, funds are needed to meet the increasing demand for additional
services; and
Whereas, Representatives Verla Insko and Joe Hackney sponsored House
Bill 1052: An Act to Appropriate Funds to Support the Programs of
Freedom House; and
Whereas, House Bill 1052 was approved for Freedom House to receive
$100,000.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners does hereby endorse the funding for Freedom House as
originally approved in House Bill 1052.
This, the 29th day of September 1999.
Aam-
Alice M. Gordon, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners